France midfielder Malouda back in training

HAMELIN, Germany, June 11 (Reuters) France midfielder Florent Malouda trained fully today for the first time since the 1998 World Cup champions arrived in Germany four days ago, a team spokesman said.

Malouda started France's three warm-up games and should be in the starting line-up for their World Cup opener against Switzerland on Tuesday in Stuttgart, providing he is fully fit.

The Olympique Lyon player missed training on Friday, staying at the team's hotel for treatment.

He came to Saturday's session and jogged around the pitch but did not train with the ball.

France coach Raymond Domenech had said before the World Cup that no information on the player's medical condition during the tournament would be made available to the media.

He kept his word, declining to say what Malouda's problem was.

South Korea and Togo are France's other opponents in Group G.

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